Press articles
Emily Parsons reports ‘Council threat to Islington’s shops’ in the Evening Standard 17.01.2007 as part of their Save our Small Shops campaign
Meyrem Hussein reports in the Islington Gazette 18.01.2007 ‘Council property sell-off threatens many livelihoods’
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January 23, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Islington Tribune feature ‘ Selling off the family silver’ by Mark Blunden, published on 12th January can be viewed here
http://www.thecnj.co.uk/islington/011207/news011207_03.html
February 12, 2007 at 2:27 pm
On the 1st Feb we wrote a small piece on this vital issue:
Council Sell off
March 20, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Leaseholders should have received apologies from Erinaceous and a new letter outlining the timetable for the proposed freehold sale.
The cut off date for the supply of letters of financial reference to ANDY JENNINGS- the Deputy Chief Executive- (NOT ERINACEOUS) is still Noon on the 30 March,2007. Representations to Andy Jennings to extend this deadline in view of the confusion generated by administrative failings within Erinaceous have not been successful.
The Labour Group will be sending a copy of a pro-forma letter issued to me by my bank to affected leaseholders imminently. This form will be displayed on this blog site within the next 24 hours.
In its initial form this letter was not sufficient to meet the requirement.
In addition:
-reference to the properties address is required
-an indication of whether the funding is in place as cash or whether borrowing will be required.
It is extremely important that your letter is correct.
Efforts to have the format defined precisely by the council have failed.
Your eligibility for the next stage in the sale process will not be confirmed until after the 30/03/2007.
The council will not confirm receipt of your letters of reference- Hand delivery and a receipt, or recorded delivery is essential.
The council will not confirm if letters of financial reference received are appropriate before the 30/03/2007.
The form on this blog site and being sent out to you is as definitive as possible at this time.
If you do not provide a letter, or if your letter is not appropriate, you will not qualify for the next stage of this process.
A group of leaseholders have presented questions to the Executive. The replies to these questions will be during the next council meeting. Support from as many affected business owners will ensure this issue is considered with the utmost gravity.
The next council meeting is on the 29/03/2007 at 7.30 pm
March 25, 2007 at 11:25 am
How many Council tenants received a letter this Saturday for Dunlop Hayward to visit their homes to measure the property l know of one they have been Council tenants for many years
July 28, 2008 at 9:20 am
Hi
I got your flyer about a street party – I think its a great idea and I’ll definitely be present.
I didnt have time to post my response because of going away and thought I could respond here but there doesnt seem to be any threads to do that……
all the best